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Newsletter of The Sakonnet Preservation Association Winter 2017

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This town is amazing for the breadth of its support of conservation, rooted in the special nature of this com-munity we call home for some or all of the year. Our attachment to “place” is one of the most meaningful parts of our lives. It is expressed in how much we want Little Compton to change little. Land conservation is one form of fulfilling that wish.

Why should any of us care? Because landowners who give up the right to either sell their land for development or develop it themselves are entrusting this organization and others with the perpetual protec-tion of their property. In exchange, we all benefit from these gifts of open space that make Little Compton unique. Wildlife and native plants can thrive. Water resources are protected and remain resilient during times of drought. A low level of development allows us relief from the expense of publicly-subsidized infra-structure for water and sewerage — we each have our own. We have remarkably intact scenic vistas on a number of our roadways. And there are lands continuing to be used for historic agricultural purpose.

I’ve noticed how few places I once cherished draw me back. Many that were special for their quiet and remaining sense of wildness or history have been altered beyond recognition. Here, through luck, close attention, persistence and dedicated conservation we have managed to hold on to some semblance of these things, fragile as they are. The responsibility of honor-ing and passing them on is ours.

We’ve been talking a lot about transitions and trans-formations at SPA lately. As a result, we will be professionalizing the management and stewardship of our holdings with a part-time staff position this year, ensuring we meet the obligations we take on with each of our acquisitions and continue FOREVER.

With your membership supporting our efforts, we work passionately to keep this place one we all wish to return to from wherever we travel. Thank you for making it possible! – Abigail Brooks

President’s LetterLand Conservation Rooted in Our Community

Our attachment to “place” is one of the most meaningful parts of our lives. It is expressed in how much we want Little Compton to change little.

On a perfect July evening, SPA’s 2016 Annual Meeting brought an enthusiastic crowd of mem-bers and supporters to the Sakonnet Golf Club Playhouse to hear noted ornithologist Alan Poole.

Dr. Poole’s worldwide experience protecting osprey, primarily in Scotland and New England, held fascinating tales of this species’ near destruction and then recovery following the ban of DDT. His wonderful photos and the wide scope of his knowledge led to an extensive and thought-ful question and answer session following his presentation, making it a lively evening celebrating conservation.

Mark your calendars now for our 2017 meeting on July 11, and see the back cover of this newsletter for details.

SakonnetPreservation Association

OfficersAbigail Brooks, President

Sheila Mackintosh, Vice-President

Bill Theriault, Treasurer

Jack Angell, Secretary

DirectorsAnn Beardsley

Ron Bogle

Michal Brownell

John Cook

Craig Curtis

Nan Haffenreffer

Warren Jagger

Don McNaughton

David Palumb

Heather Steers

Charlie Whipple

Administrative AssistantHolly Lippert

Director of Development& CommunicationsKathy Klees Clarendon

EditorsRaya Goff

Janet Jagger

DesignChris O’Toole/COTDesign

SPA OfficeP.O. Box 945

7 South of Commons

Little Compton RI 02837

sakonnetpreservation.org

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2016 Annual Meeting with Speaker Alan Poole

Remembering Bob WolterBob Wolter served with distinction on the Board of Sakonnet Preservation

from 2005 until his death in 2016. During that time he served as Treasurer

from 2006 to 2010 and 2012 to 2014, ensuring that the organization’s

bookkeeping and accounting were held to the highest standards.

During his tenure on the Board, he also represented the SPA on the

Little Compton Conservation Commission. Bob’s relationships with all of us

who served with him were spiced with his unique brand of humor,

sensitivity and commitment to this community. It was an honor to have

this companionable, talented and honorable star football player for Ohio State

University, and his beloved wife Malinda, supporting and enabling our work.

qPhotos courtesy of Kris Donovan

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Peter & Mary Lee Aldrich

Constantine Alexander & Linda Reinfeld

Dennis Almeida & Suzanne St. Amour

Robert Almeida

Mrs. Aubin Ames

Cushing Anderson & Susan Kazanas

Jack & Lea Angell

Anonymous (5 donors)

Mr. & Mrs. David Archibald

Cherry Arnold & Peter Goldberg

Jerry & Livi Arnold

Lindsay B. Atha

Nate & Berta Atwater

Joe Azrack & Abigail Congdon

Don & Jan Backlund

Margot Balboni

Sue & Kit Barrow

Paul Bazzoni

Carol Beach & Tara Bradley

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Ann Beardsley & Jim McGlynn

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Virginia R. Beeson

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Anne & Arthur Berndt

Joe & Mary Ann Bevilaqua

Holly & Gerry Billings

Matthew Binger

Barbara L. Bissinger

Fred & Nancy Bissinger

Fred & Muriel Bodington

Capt. & Mrs. R.C. Bogle

Edith Borden

Wendy & Christopher Born

Jill Branca

Dorothy & Robert Brayley

Dara & Dan Brewster

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Arthur Broadus

Abigail Brooks & Nick Long

Bob & Rhea Brooks

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Greta Brown

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Scott Brown

Bart & Michal Brownell

Nicole Browning & Steve Rifkin

Marty & Carole Buffman

Bevan & Paul Buffum

Nate Buffum

Tuck & Jane Buffum

Fred & Joan Buhrendorf

Thank You to Our Member Supporters for Their Contributions to SPA’s Success. We Couldn’t Do It Without You!

Elizabeth W. Bullock & Stephen M. Jordan

Gilles & Leslie Burgat

Chris & Suzie Burns

Alix Campbell

Jim & Lee Campbell

Anne Carpenter

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Donald Cummings

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Gordon Cutts

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Kevin M. Daley

Judith & Murray Danforth

Sophie F. Danforth

Ken Demers & Andrea Mueller

Geoff Dennis & Emily Wales

Patrick & Kris Donovan

John & Jane Dooley

Andrew Driver

Corinne Driver

Sam & Erica Driver

Beverley C. Duer

Edward Duffield

Constance R. DuHamel

Lucie Y. DuHamel

Constance DuHamel & Carolyn Handler

Mr. & Mrs. Charles Dunn

Allison B. Durfee

Nancy B. Easman

Stetson W. Eddy

Judy Edershein & Nicole Danforth

Beverley Edwards

Lillian E. Edwards

Robert & Jeanette Emerson

Susan C. Emery

Nina & Christopher Evison

Frank J. Faltus

Mr. & Mrs. Lawrence Fappiano

Barbara E. Fargo

Gabe & Carolyn Faria

John & Sandy Farr

Jim & Janet Field

Noel & Phyllis Field

Marjorie Findlay & Geoff Freeman

Christian Finne

Richard & Marty Fisher

Gregory L. & Amy L. Fitzgerald

Anne & James Fordyce

Jen & Jerry Francis

Robert Frank & Jeanne Adams

Chip & Debbie Fuller

Lavinia Gadsden

Susan & Rob Galford

Mrs. Edith Gardner

Sarah & Larry Gardner

The Gavis Family

Carol & Stephen Geremia

Bob & Raya Goff

Philip & Lawre Goodnow

Ann & W. Preston Granbery

Duncan & Margaret Gray

William & Paulette Gray

Roger, Gail & Hyalie* Greene

Virginia K. Greenwood

Terry & Carol Gregory

Charles & Joanne Gregory

Ralph & Calla Guild

John Gwynne & Mikel Folcarelli

Nicholas Hadley

Adolf & Lisa Haffenreffer

Nan Haffenreffer & Larry Anderson

The Haffenreffer Family

Dr. & Mrs. Joseph H. Hagen

Win Hall & Anne Tillinghast

Cele Halsey

Lynne Hargrove

John & Ginger Harkey

James P. Hartley

N. Darrell Harvey*

Sally Havens

Rosemary & Dick Haverland

Piper & Sandy Hawes

Hans & Darka Hawrysz

Alan & Marilyn Hoffman

Susan Hooker & Alan Stewart

Walter & Betsy Horak

Lilli S. Hornig

Ward & Kathy Hough

The Hubbard Family

Richard Humphrey

Ann Hutchins

Bill & Sue Hutson

Mr. & Mrs. Christopher C. Ingraham

Warren & Janet Jagger

Barrett & Jackie Jennings

Steve & Claire Johnson

Bill & Nancy Jordan

Joseph & Rowain Kalichstein

Mimi & John Karlsson

Harriet & Paul Kazarian

Dick & Anne Keigher

Nick & Bicky Kelley

Paisley Kelling

Peter Kelsey & Ginger Ryan

Jay & Mary Whaley Kiefer

George Kilborn

Elena Kingsland

Katherine Kelley Koehler

Roger Laberge & Rikky Shaw

Debby & Carl Ladd

Mr. & Mrs. Robert Laible

Agnes Langdon

Sally E. Lapides

James Lawrence

Kate & John Leary

Robert Lenzner

Edward Levine & Isabella Porter

Arthur Lewis

Constance Lima

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Richard & Janet Lisle

Carolyn & James Lock

Jane Lorch

Susan Snow Lukesh

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Suzanne Lyons

Ian & Margaret MacDonald

Doug & Lora Macfall

Holly Mackintosh & Rob Sidloski

Stuart & Mary Mackintosh

Sheila & Bill Mackintosh

Chuck Makepeace

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Mr.* & Mrs. William Makepeace

Timothy & Patricia Maloney

Geoff & Margaret Manning

John & Diana Marshall

Fred Marziano & Kimberly Paterson

Gary Mataronas

Victoria & Hans Mautner

Joel Maxwell

Nancy & Peter McDowell

Chip McLaughlin & Keith Maynard

Alison & Don McNaughton

Mrs. David J. Meehan

James & Maureen Mellowes

Patricia & Richard Menoche

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Zachary Miller Family

Elizabeth P. Millikin

Jane Moffett

John & Kris Montgomery

Brent D. Moore

Libby & Raoul Moore

Alexandra Morrison

Albin & Eileen Moser

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Linda Mungall

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Terry Nathan

Madeline Noble

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Stephen Oleskey & Judith Tick

Tim & Janice Olson

Charles H. Page

David Palumb & Peter Erichson

Jeff Parker & Avila Moore

Mr. & Mrs. Gordon L. Parker, Jr.

Michael & Mary Parker

Barbara Passmore

Liz Peckham & Skip Paul

Mary & David Peirce

Eric & Jane Philippi

Marjorie B. Phinney

Donna Pilkington

Nina Pinnock

Lease Plimpton

Garry Plunkett

Linda Pololi & Athanasius Anagnostou

Franklin H. “Pat” Pond

Jana Porter & Peter Fossel

Michael & Karen Pritchard

David & Leslie Puth

Roslyn & David Raish

Ken Ramsay & Karen Edwards

James Redding & Catherine Hemerlein

Clare B. Renasco

Hadley & Jeanette Reynolds

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Clay Rockefeller & Manya Rubenstein

Max Rosen & Jeanne Ackman

David & Cathy Rosenberg

Doris Rothe & Art McManus

Richard & Ann Rudick

Earl & Susan Samson

Trip & Allyson Samson

Elaine Straight Sanders

Christopher S. Sargent

Harriet Savage

Mrs. Patricia Schneider

Mr. & Mrs. Robert Schofield

Donna & Charlie Scott

George & Theresa Seidel

Herb Shander & Bente Hoegsberg

Suzie Shaw

Cindy Sheldon

George Shevchuk

Chris & Mara Shore

Doug & Caryl Sickul

Bennett Simon & Roberta Apfel

Sarah Simonds & Michael Keaveney

Whitney Simonds

Caldwell Smith & Alice Benedict

Paul & Diane Souza

Rebecca Spencer

Pat & Steve Stanton

Jon & Betsy Stapleton

Heather & Michael Steers

Brenda & Greg Stone

Carol Strasburger

Paul & Mary Suttell

Helen & Harry Switzer

Rush Taggart & Dorothy Bedford

Elizabeth Morgan & Simon Talbot

Geoffrey Taylor

Hope & Lewis Taylor

Pollie S. Thayer

Sue Thayer-Kramers

Elizabeth Thompson

Mr. & Mrs. Rodney D. Titcomb

Fred & Betty Torphy

Dr. Joseph L. & Mrs. Phyllis Tracy

Frances & Peter Trafton

Carol Lynn Trocki

Barbara Trowbridge

Donald E. Truchon

Heidi Truscott

Kathy & Ted Truscott

Sheila Tumilty & Laurence Coch

Jim & Karen Tung

Sidney Tynan

Piper & Sandy Hawes

Joan Van Ness

Paul & Martha* Van Zuiden

Thomas & Adelaide Vander Salm

Mr. & Mrs. Robert Venusti

Marie A. Viens

Bob & Ann von der Lippe

David & Ellen Wagner

Mary Gordon & Luke Wallin

Joni Walser & Andy Church

Kathy & Gurdon Wattles

Helen Richmond Webb

Rosalind Weir

Barbara Wentz

Nancy Bogle Westfeldt & Leslie Bogle Wilson

Charles A. Whipple & Randi von Steinwehr

Douglas Whitmarsh

Frances* & Paul Wilber

Deborah E. Wiley

Mr. & Mrs. Alan Willemsen

Frank & Janet Winkler

Frank & Mary Ellen Wojciechowski

Caleb & Alesandra Woodhouse

Roger & Noreen Wordell

Nina P. Young

Deborah & Richard Zawalich

SPA is grateful to receive gifts in memory of:Henry Koehler

Barbara Jewell Pond

Joe Maxwell

Honoring:The marriage of Marian Smith & Colin Sherer

In the Name of:Hutch & Brakely Bryant

Heather Steers

Companies, Foundations & Organizations:Briggs Beach, Inc.

Carter Family Fund

GE Foundation

Guild Family Foundation, Inc.

Haffenreffer Family Fund

John Andrade Insurance Agency, Inc.

Little Compton Garden Club, Inc.

Sakonnet Lobster Co.

Pitney Bowes Foundation

Sogkonate Garden Club

The Soucy Agency

*Deceased

Names listed recognize supporters in calendar year 2016. If your name is listed incorrectly, omitted, or you wish to remain anonymous, please accept our apologies and notify Kathy Klees Clarendon at spa.lc.kclarendon@gmail.com or (401)635-8800.

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At our Annual Meeting in July, SPA members voted to elect two wonderful additions to our Board of Directors: John Cook and Michal Brownell.

Michal moved to Little Compton with her husband Bart in 2012 after living around the globe in places as diverse as Holland, Indonesia, Saudi Arabia and most recently in London. Her commitment to land conservation was formed early. Growing up among the farmers of east-ern Long Island she witnessed first-hand the devas-tating destruction of that irreplaceable landscape. Her grandparents were very active in the effort to save the area, planting the seeds of preservation in Michal. Her dedication to protecting Little Compton runs deep.

As a 33-year veteran of The Nature Conservancy, John brings a unique perspective to the SPA Board. John modestly says that what he offers is an insight into the many things that can go wrong with a particu-lar project, but we have already benefited from his wisdom making things go right. John has worked with communities all over the United States that assumed rural land use would never change, and experienced shock when it happened. He hopes to add what he can to the great efforts organizations like the SPA and concerned citizens have already launched. SPA was lucky to have John’s wife Phoebe on its Board for many years as well. TNC conferred its prestigious Lifetime Achievement Award upon John when he retired as Managing Director, Eastern United States, in 2014.

We are lucky to have two such dynamic, experienced and committed individuals join our hardworking Board. Thanks to you both!

Welcome Michal and John!

Michal Brownell and John Cook.

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Sakonnet Preservation Association presents

Tuesday, July 11th 6-8pmSakonnet Golf Club PlayhouseComplimentary hors d’oeuvres and cash barPublic welcome

In April of 2016, Don set off from Georgia to spend six months hiking the 2,189-mile Appalachian Trail on his own. Three pairs of hiking shoes later, he finished in October with his family there to greet him. Come hear what he learned about the trail and himself, and how his experiences have led him to redouble his efforts to help conserve land in Little Compton.